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By AmplifyFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Future Teacher network organises monthly webinars aimed at supporting the sharing of great ideas for accessible digital teaching across the tertiary sector. These webinars regularly attract over 100 attendees. They are recorded and captioned with all resources made available through our Xerte platform<\/a>; covering topics such as using rich media, learning analytics and open educational resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original Future Teacher project was an international European project funded for two years and that funding ended in 2019. However, the UK team, all experienced educators, valued the enthusiasm of the community that evolved so much that from 2019 to present it has been run on a voluntary basis and the team of volunteers<\/a> has doubled in size, making us more sustainable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is unique about the community?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From the beginning, we aimed to do things differently. We\u2019ve tried to build the project on an important and valued set of principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pragmatism<\/strong> \u2013 prioritising practices that demonstrably work and can be replicated without big budgets or specialist skills.
Cross sector<\/strong> \u2013 aiming to be as relevant to both Further and Higher Education.
Openness<\/strong> \u2013 entirely open educational resources.  We have used Xerte toolkits (open source) to create the resources. You can even import our resources into your own Xerte installations and adapt them as needed.
Accessibility<\/strong> \u2013 digital accessibility is a core value. We\u2019re on the same journey as anyone else and often limited by similar constraints but we\u2019re always mindful of maximising accessibility within our constraints.
Community<\/strong> \u2013 a mailing list of over 800 members, a core of regulars and all sessions recorded (with nearly 7,500 YouTube views in total).
Humanity<\/strong> \u2013 for the last 5 years, Future Teacher has run as a passion project by a (growing) group of volunteers. We share the desire to humanise technology. Ethics are high on the agenda \u2013 whether accessibility, inclusion, copyright or AI \u2013 and we love to showcase unknown innovators and get the student perspective direct from student contributors..
Nurture<\/strong> – some of our early attendees grew into early presenters and are now respected experts in their own right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our monthly webinars deal with topics relevant to accessible, inclusive teaching with digital tools. All are recorded and made available with subtitles on our You Tube account <\/a>and embedded within our Xerte open access resource.<\/a> Take a look and click to open the topics list – you will uncover many resources which can save you time and support your teaching.\u00a0
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1. Online learning – what works?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The Flipped Classroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Knowing what they know<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Collaborative teaching and learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Strategies to support reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Strategies to support writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Self assessment and mastery learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Social media for teaching and learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Inclusive Practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. Rich Media 1 – Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. Rich Media 2 – Audio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Rich Media 3 – Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Getting savvy with digital tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Designing appropriate assessments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. Designing for technology enhanced programmes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. Designing and creating online learning activities and resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. WWW – the wonderful world of webinars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. OER and Open Source<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. Learning Analytics (for mere mortals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What next? Get involved!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is welcome to join the FutureTeacher community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are always on the look-out for potential speakers. If any of the following apply please get in touch via the Jiscmail mailing list<\/a> or fill in your offer on our call for speakers form<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n